(MaHaRa'L of Prague). Chibur Nethivoth Olam [ethics].

Estimate: $3,000–$5,000
Hammer price: $7,000

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author

LOEWE, JUDAH BEN BEZALEL

printer

Gershom ben Bezalel Katz

Place

Prague

Publication

1596

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within historiated woodcut border.

references

Vinograd, Prague 81; Mehlman 1199; not in Adams

summary

Rare first edition of the Nesivos Olam - the most concentrated treatment of the MaHaRa”L’s positions on ethics. For a detailed analysis of the ethical thought of the MaHaRa”L found in Nethivoth Olam, see M. Fox, The Moral Philosophy of MaHaRa”L, in: Jewish Thought in the Sixteenth Century (1983) pp. 167-185. Provenance: Christie’s (East), Rare Printed Books, 28th April, 1995, Lot 92.

ff. 131 (i.e. 132). Foxed and browned, few marginal repairs, stamp erased from title, some small burnholes (affecting a few letters). 18th-century tree calf, colored morocco spine labels titled in Hebrew and with initials “JK.” Rubbed, some wear at joints. Folio.

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